Four-piece Victorian Silver Tea and Coffee Service

Description:

Four-piece Victorian Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1875-77, Martin, Hall & Co., maker, a teapot, coffeepot, open sugar with gold-washed interior, and a creamer with gold-washed interior, each decorated with acanthus-mounted handles, pendant panels of repousse flowers and scrolls, and engraved with monogram "EJW," each numbered "1606," teapot and coffeepot with ivory heat stops and incised to inner foot-rim "MANUFACTURED BY T.SHAW, 56 GORDON STREET, GLASGOW.," coffeepot ht. 11 1/4 in., approx. 79.2 troy oz.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

All with very slight usage wear. Coffeepot missing pin from handle and small indention where spout joins body. Creamer with small 1/4 in. indention on monogram. All others in overall good condition with no dents or repairs.


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